Izabella Scorupco, a Swedish actress, singer, and model of Polish descent, was born Izabela Dorota Skorupko on June 4th, 1970. She gained notoriety most notably for her depiction of Natalya Simonova, the Bond girl, in the 1995 James Bond movie GoldenEye.
The song “Shame, Shame, Shame” by Shirley & Company, which Scorupco covered and became famous in 1992, was also a smash in Europe.
Scorupco traveled much throughout Europe in the late 1980s while working as a model, making the cover of Vogue. She was discovered by director Staffan Hildebrand in 1987 and went on to act in the movie Ingen kan älska som vi (“Nobody can love like us”).
Scorupco had a brief but fruitful career as a pop singer in the early 1990s. He released the album IZA, which was certified gold in Sweden in 1991. In several European nations, her 1992 cover of “Shame, Shame, Shame” gained popularity.
In 2011, Scorupco revived her singing career by working with Swedish artist Peter Jöback on his track “Jag Har Dig Nu,” for which she also made an appearance in the music video. She appeared in La vie, L’amour, La Mort, a short extension film by Jöback.
Sweden’s Next Top Model’s spring 2012 season was hosted by Scorupco, who did not, however, return for a second season.
What happened to Izabella Scorupco?
When she was a year old, her parents got divorced. She resided there with her physician mother, Magdelena. She attended elementary school thereafter they relocated to a suburb of Stockholm in 1978.
She now divides her time between New York and Los Angeles.